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One dead in US as driver mows down anti-Nazi protesters

Trump told to call evil by its name after condemning violence on ‘many sides’

Toby Harnden, Washington | Duncan Geddes

August 13 2017, 6:00pm, The Sunday Times

Car ploughs into anti-racism protesters at far-right rally

A car ploughed into anti-racist activists protesting against a rally of white supremacists and neo-Nazis in Virginia yesterday, killing a woman pedestrian and leaving 19 people injured.

President Donald Trump condemned the “egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides” but was criticised for diluting the blame and failing to single out the far right. The White House clarified today that the message did include white supremacists.

The attack in the town of Charlottesville followed violent clashes between the two sides earlier in the day, which had forced the state’s governor to declare a state of emergency and the mayor to tell protesters to go home.

James Fields Jr, 20, was charged with murder, as well as three counts of malicious wounding and one of leaving the sceneCHARLOTTESVILLE POLICE

Ivanka Trump was more unequivocal, saying there was “no place in society for racism, white supremacy and…